Allison James vs Micro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Allison James
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Client replaces internal emailing, shared drives, and intranets with a more intuitive, all-in-one communications app accessible via desktop and mobile. Users join a loop or room dedicated to a specific project or job function, start conversations, and create or consume valuable working knowledge. By creating more structure around messaging, client simplifies best practice and information sharing, reduces redundant transactional messaging, and fosters a unique team culture that promotes productivity and teamwork.
Micro
This mobile CRM leverages AI to keep your professional life organized. It allows you to manage pipelines, contacts, and communications directly from your phone, with an AI assistant to answer questions and perform tasks.
- AI chat for inquiries and tasks
- Search and update contacts
- Track and update sales pipelines
- Create and update records
- Pipeline update notifications
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Micro is the AI Assistant that keeps you organized, so you don't have to be. Built mobile-first — not a desktop CRM squeezed onto a phone. Ask Micro anything about your pipeline, inbox or calendar and it answers, drafts the reply, and updates the record. CHAT WITH YOUR CRM Ask questions in plain language: who's gone quiet, what's stuck in the pipeline, what needs a follow-up today. Mention any contact, company, deal or task with @ and Micro pulls in the full context. YOUR INBOX, HANDLED Connect multiple email accounts and read them together or one at a time. Micro sorts what's important, drafts replies in your writing style, and files threads when you're done. Reply by voice and it writes the email. PIPELINES FOR ANY PROCESS Sales, hiring, fundraising, partnerships — track every deal and candidate, move stages with a tap, and keep records current without data entry. AUTOMATIONS THAT RUN THEMSELVES Set up recurring work once — daily digests, follow-up nudges, pipeline hygiene — then watch a run happen live, or let it work while you don't. CONTACTS THAT STAY CURRENT Every person and company enriched from your email and LinkedIn, with the full history in one place. Search across eve MEETINGS, CAPTURED Micro joins your calls, transcribes them, and turns what was said into notes, tasks and updated records. CONNECT YOUR STACK Gmail, Google Calendar, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and hundreds of integrations — plus custom MCP servers for your own tools. BUILT FOR Founders, sales teams, recruiters, investors and anyone who lives in their inbox and can't afford to lose track of a co PRICING Start with 14 days of full Pro — no credit card required. After that, continue free with 300 AI credits a month, ohing you've created stays yours either way. Privacy Policy: https://micro.so/privacy Terms of Use: https://micro.so/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Micro at every 2 weeks against Allison James's every 4 months. Allison James's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Allison James ships an update every 4 months, Micro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Allison James | Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Allison James, Inc. | Micro Applications Inc |
In-app purchases
Allison James
No in-app purchases
Micro
No in-app purchases









